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Random thoughts while wondering how many members of the McCaskey family watched the entirety of Monday night’s 31-15 Chicago Bears loss to the New Orleans Saints at Soldier Field (voluntarily, that is): * Speaking of the Bears, their 5-9 season has reached the point where fans should be at the point of resignation rather than […]
Sunday smorgasbord: With what seems to have been a near-unanimous (if not totally unanimous or more) opinion that the Cubs won baseball’s Winter Meetings, does anyone know the date and location of the parade? Asking for a North Side friend. * Speaking of the Winter Meetings, there are some professional views that the White Sox […]
The great thing about this job (or whatever you care to call what your humble correspondent does here) is the ability to cover multiple events without leaving the comfort of the corporate headquarters (and, yes, that sometimes means the sofa). And so it was Friday with the Chicago Bears holding an afternoon press conference (conferences […]
Thursday thoughts (or what passes for them around here) while wondering why neither the Chicago Cubs or White Sox made another major move Wednesday at baseball’s Winter Meetings: * No, I didn’t expect the Cubs or Sox to do much — if anything. Each team has made a splash with the Sox signing free-agent closer […]
Random thoughts while wondering how much closer the Chicago White Sox are to contending for a postseason presence now that they have signed free-agent David Robertson to be their closer (oh, and trading for right-hander Jeff Samardzija, too): * Yes, the White Sox made the biggest splash Monday at baseball’s Winter Meetings by signing Robertson […]
Monday meanderings: With the Detroit Lions defeating Tampa Bay 34-17 Sunday, the Chicago Bears were mathematically eliminated from any NFL postseason possibilities. Just more proof of how bad at math some of us are. I could have sworn they were eliminated weeks ago. * Speaking of the Bears (and numbers), they are 5-8 and in […]
A day after Thursday night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman said Jay Cutler “is our quarterback.” As if anyone else might be. The Bears have former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen as their backup. He’s not a particularly good NFL QB. Which seemingly is the way Cutler likes it. At […]
Midweek musings: It’s easy to criticize a basketball player who — with his team leading by three points in the finals seconds of a game — fouls a three-point shooter. So naturally, we might has well do that. The defender (or offender, depending on how you want to characterize him) was the Chicago Bulls Kirk […]
Random thoughts (or something close to them) while wondering how many carries Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte will have Thursday night at Soldier Field against the Dallas Cowboys: * Forte on the importance of a ground game (or at least the semblance of one): “It’s of the utmost importance, especially if we’re playing outside […]
Monday meanderings: With a 102-84 victory Sunday at Brooklyn over the Nets, the Chicago Bulls ended their road trip with a 4-3 record. If that doesn’t scream NBA championship, nothing does. OK, maybe nothing does scream — or even whisper — an NBA title this season for the Bulls, but their performance has been impressive […]